Labor promises federal public servants “real wage increases” and a shift towards “service-wide bargaining” over common pay and conditions that sit above agency-specific agreements. “Labor… Read More
The National Disability Insurance Agency looks to be high on the opposition’s priority list for agencies that would swap a lot of contractors for public servants if it wins government in May. Read More
The slow wage growth that has become the norm across the economy is also evident in the public sector, with most governments choosing to put a hard ceiling on pay rises and risk the inevitable industrial disputes this approach tends to cause. Read More
As well as removing the Australian Public Service staffing cap, a Labor government would forgo nearly $400 million in planned efficiency dividends, cut travel costs… Read More
For almost two decades I’ve been going back and forth between Brisbane’s south and Logan City – the lands of the Yugumbir and Jaggera peoples,… Read More
If the Turnbull government is turfed out of office at the next election, its arbitrary cap on Australian Public Service staffing levels will go with… Read More
